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Man killed wife and set home ablaze with his 3 kids inside

On Wednesday, Lancaster County Judge Denis Reinaker declared that Carlos Montalvo-Rivera, a five-year-old man from Pennsylvania, will spend the rest of his life in prison for the murder of his wife, 30-year-old Olga Sanchez, and for setting their family home on fire with their three children inside. Montalvo-Rivera had tried to fabricate a story of a home invasion, tying himself up to support it. Judge Reinaker told him that the jury did not believe his …

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Woman chases sister’s stolen car, shoots people inside after crash

On Thursday, law enforcement officials reported that a woman from Missouri had chased after her sister’s stolen car and allegedly shot two people inside after the car crashed and burst into flames. Francesca Jones, 32, had been driving with three children when she recognized her sibling’s Dodge Challenger driving past her on the road; the Challenger had allegedly been taken the day before. Jones chased after the car, which eventually collided with a truck at …

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Father kills 4 neighbors after one allegedly exposed himself in front of his daughter

On Sunday, June 18, law enforcement officers from the Shoshone County Sheriff’s Office responded to a 911 call in the 500 block of West Brown Avenue in Kellog, Idaho. The call reported that four people had been shot and killed in a nearby residence. Upon arriving at the scene, a 31-year-old man with a face tattoo reading “savage” above his eye, Majorjon Kaylor, was taken into custody and charged with four counts of first-degree murder …

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Mom leaves baby alone with pitbull puppy, finds it chewed off her fingers

Chloe Wisniewski, a 21-year-old mother from Florida, has been accused of child neglect in relation to a dog attack on her baby daughter, according to the Miami Herald. Records from the court show that Wisniewski was arrested on Friday, following a four-month-long investigation. On February 14, Wisniewski informed Charlotte County sheriff’s deputies that she had put her baby in a bassinet while she took a shower. While she was in the bathroom, Wisniewski heard screaming …

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Mother sentenced in death of infant son who ingested meth, then hid his body in attic

Shaylynn Curtis from Kentucky was sentenced to 23 years in a state correctional facility on Monday, after pleading guilty to murder and abuse of corpse in connection to the death of her 5-month-old son, who died in 2021 due to complications from ingesting methamphetamine. Curtis entered an Alford plea, which is similar to a guilty plea, but allows her to maintain her innocence while admitting the state has enough evidence to convict her. She told …

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Man arrested for ‘shooting a missile into occupied vehicle’

Julian Mendes-Wolf, 28, of Florida was arrested Monday and charged with two counts of attempted first-degree premeditated murder with a firearm, and one count of “shooting a missile into an occupied vehicle”. On Thursday, June 1 at 11 p.m., Mendes-Wolf allegedly targeted and shot two people in a moving pickup truck, causing the vehicle to flip over and crash. The Collier County Sheriff’s Office reports that first responders initially thought the two individuals in the …

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Dead 2-year-old found covered in dried vomit and feces after mother left in booster seat overnight

Rebecca Louise Gussage-Johnston, 24, of Florida, was charged last Thursday with first-degree murder while engaged in aggravated child abuse for unlawfully restraining her two-year-old son in a booster seat overnight and for about fifteen hours as punishment for “acting out”. This was according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office. The criminal information filed on June 6 listed Gussage-Johnston as accused of “willfully torturing, maliciously punishing, or willfully and unlawfully caging or did knowingly or willfully …

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Man tells his pregnant teen daughter to kill herself

Gared Wayne Canales, a Florida fugitive, has been apprehended in Massachusetts after allegedly telling his pregnant teenage daughter to commit suicide on her birthday. On the phone, Canales reportedly referred to his daughter as worthless and commanded her to “kill yourself, just don’t say it.” The distressed teen responded to her father’s words by cutting herself and swallowing 14 Benadryl pills, but was able to survive the suicide attempt. Canales, originally from Palm Coast, has …

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Police officer shoots his wife in the face with AR-15

An officer for the Houston Police Department has been removed from duty following an accusation that he shot his wife in the face with an AR-15 rifle. Chief Troy Finner of the Houston Police Department expressed his deep concern over the allegation during a press conference, stating that domestic violence is a serious issue and that the department is doing everything they can to try and prevent it. Galib Waheed Chowdhury, 31-years-old, has been charged …

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United Airlines employees making $10k per week selling stolen marijuana from customers bags

A group of United Airlines employees are alleged to have been taking part in a lengthy plot to pilfer marijuana from checked baggage at San Francisco International Airport. According to an FBI criminal complaint, Joel Dunn and Adrian Webb are said to have recruited other unnamed “ramp cargo agents” at SFO to join in the illegal activity from 2020 to 2022, and the amount of marijuana supposedly taken is indicative of distribution to others instead …

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